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The tables were Art and Craft, the umbrella stand also, a vintage production pierced with
heart-shaped holes. These and the sham timbered roof gave the place a baronial air, an ef-
fect aided by a Gothic door. There was a strange contrast between the formalised sagging
shapes of the
art nouveau
patterns and the baronial flavour, the latter seeming to call for
rushes, various hairy dogs, and an odd minstrel or two, and the former for men with waxed
moustaches and celluloid collars.
Interior of the St Gothard Café
Art nouveau
still maintains a foothold in Germany, France, and Holland in such things
as shop fronts, ironwork, and lettering. In England where, surprisingly, it all started
(though the origins of
art nouveau
are too complex to be discussed here), it faded long ago
